The CH-47 Chinook now has multiple variants that are all used in militaries from 22 countries, including the U.K. and Japan. Boeing still produces new ones.

The six helicopters in the Army inventory are the UH-60 Blackhawk, CH-47D Chinook, MH-6 Little Bird, AH-64 Apache, OH-58D Kiowa, and the UH-72 Lakota. The other branches also have helicopters and ...

24/7 Wall St. Insights: The UH-72 Lakota is the newest aircraft to enter the U.S. Army It typically is used for missions like medevac, search and rescue, disaster relief, and even some homeland ...

Deering, Alaska, residents used their ATVs and trucks to light up the runway allowing the medevac plane to not only land, but also take off once it picked up a patient at the Deering Clinic.